CAT DAYS – Jon Frickey (Germany, 2018) 11’09”

68th BERLINALE – INT’L FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN – World Premiere, BUSAN INT’L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, ANIMFILM TREBON – Best Animation, SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL, and many others.

 

Trailer

 

Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to see the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless case of cat flu. However, according to the doctor, this means that Jiro must be a cat. As father and son try to cope with the boy’s new identity, things go awry. Jiro’s father wishes him to connect with other cats at the animal shelter, but Jiro gets scratched. Complying with a handbook on raising cats, Jiro’s father sends his son outside. This leads to encounters with a friend, with nature and with a wild white cat. In the end, though, everything will feel right again.

 

 

 

 

 

Jon Frickey lives in Hamburg, Germany. He is an illustrator and animation director. Previously, he worked in Berlin as an advertising art director.

 


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